Problems do come up as all of us are getting into a formal system, into a technology driven system. I can understand the difficulties but I would not reject moving forward with the system which is in place and which benefits all of us. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on India attaining a $5-trillion economy, GST, failure of reforms and more.

Millions of forest dwellers in the country still do not have rights to conserve forests or access to forest resources. Ten years after the Forest Rights Act was passed by Parliament — a law that secures rights of forest dwellers and empowers them to protect forests — only about 3% of the potential forest area for community governance has been recognised, says a new study.